Configuring the Amazon CLI - Amazon Command Line Interface
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Configuring the Amazon CLI

This section explains how to configure the settings that the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) uses to interact with Amazon. These include your security credentials, the default output format, and the default Amazon Region.

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Amazon requires that all incoming requests are cryptographically signed. The Amazon CLI does this for you. The "signature" includes a date/time stamp. Therefore, you must ensure that your computer's date and time are set correctly. If you don't, and the date/time in the signature is too far off of the date/time recognized by the Amazon service, Amazon rejects the request.